All Eyes Look to the Swing States

The D.C. Bureau roundtable on why surprising new poll numbers in key swing states make the presidential election too close to call. Photo: Getty Images.

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... I ... I ... watching the national polls show this closing this ... time it's in ... which these Romney's caught up with Obama to go to was the swing states ... Ohio Florida Virginia Colorado Nevada Wisconsin beating Michigan interesting Lee ... all in all Pres Obama looks better in the States to count them and he doesn't actually was with the lead ... I think that these are repay each one of these battleground states is little bit different and I firstly think Ohio has especially poignant significance for Obama will first one for the Republicans ... know it no Republican has ever become president without winning Ohio must win for the Republicans ... but for all high as the real test of how people view the economy and ... because Ohio economy spend that kind of weak and struggling ... actually there unemployment rate is below the national average today blame Obama for not being better or ... do they appreciate that it's better than it was ... a struggle war shock test for Obama is economic policy ... decisions and historian was very surprised to see that Obama is struggling in Michigan is that there's one thing that the bond campaign feels it's done well it's that they've made the case of GM ... auto bailout worked ... and Michigan voters are bonded and it seems to me to be of comparable data echo been a great idea of progress in the U S edition on the bus to earn twenty dollars which it ... initiated during the primaries when I was really striking out ... for the Romney was people were really that excited ... I didn't do particularly well ... Obama did really well into thousandeight so the fact that polls ... are showing them so close to ... the Obama campaign ... has been ... reduced so ... the one thing I will predict Andelman about this is that we will hear the words economy and jobs fifty five thousand times dance between the election that's for sure ... in the meantime ... predictions from each of you what's the most important issue next week on the campaign you can get with Romney when he'll be talking about months in a Romney campaign is deftly prison themselves as health care ruling here this week and the date of the game as IRAs or treating it also is for the weekend here at level that ... admission isn't this donors that next week there I completely on fuel and health are agreed that the Healthcare ruins record is just going to be tried to oppositional week ... I agree to and what an interesting dimension to watch the the the ... the court nation between the Romney campaign and Republicans on the hill right ... because there can be trying to put out their message going if it's different it'll look a little we are you mean that's for the lunch and sat ... on the degree of its health care for that for now but I think it's a it's fairly quickly and